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Old 26 June 2012, 11:52 PM   #1
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Winder or no?

I wear my gmt about 4-6 hours a week as my secular job as a tile setter is not suitable for rolex time, anyways, I am wondering, is my watch better off sitting in a winder for the convenience of being able to put it on without a reset of the time or am I in fact wearing it out for no good reason? Would it last longer between services if it just sat in its box? Do "YOU" keep your unworn rolex in a winder?
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Old 26 June 2012, 11:54 PM   #2
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Discussed 100's of times and it's always 50/50. Forget about getting additional time between services, IMHO..

A winder makes it easy to grab you watch and go nobody can argue that....
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:07 AM   #3
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:21 AM   #4
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but is there any reason to think a winder could damage the watch? cause a need for servicing more often?
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:23 AM   #5
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Another vote for a winder.
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:27 AM   #6
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Winder YES with multiple watches... With only the one I would say no as it is so easy to wind it up and go
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:32 AM   #7
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In my opinion, I keep watches on a winder if they have a calendar function. Setting the time is too easy to need to keep a standard 3-hand watch on a winder. All 3 of my Rolex's have a date window, so I keep the ones I'm not wearing in my winder. No issues after 3+ years.
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:36 AM   #8
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Another vote for YES!!!!
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:42 AM   #9
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As azguy says this divides people 50/50. It won't damage your watch.

It's convenient for sure. I probably wouldn't use one since it's a mechanical system so if the parts are moving they are wearing out. I'd just let it stop and wind it up before you wear it in your situation.
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:52 AM   #10
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As azguy says this divides people 50/50. It won't damage your watch.

It's convenient for sure. I probably wouldn't use one since it's a mechanical system so if the parts are moving they are wearing out. I'd just let it stop and wind it up before you wear it in your situation.
X2 No Rolex watch needs any winding machine the best winder with out doubt and what the watch was designed for your own wrists.Unless you have a multi complication watch or perpetual calendar watch, a watch winder is totally unnecessary and IMHO a complete waste of money.If you have a choice of watches and do not wear it every day, it is not real chore to reset date and wind it by hand unless you are too bone idle to do it.If you don't wear it every day you also reduce wear to the movement components, why waste that benefit by having it wound on a machine when it is not required to tell the time?????.
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:54 AM   #11
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:54 AM   #12
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Old 27 June 2012, 01:10 AM   #13
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it is always a discussion that is had once a week. I often wonder if padi56 has his reply written down somewhere so he can copy and paste it over and over.

i don't have a winder. i just set the date if it stops running. it takes 2 minutes.
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Old 27 June 2012, 01:15 AM   #14
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No winders for me, I look forward to and enjoy setting times/dates. I even love the connection between the manual wind Speedy and myself.
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Old 27 June 2012, 01:38 AM   #15
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I like winders because I only have to correct the date once a month if it's a short month. I have a few watches so it works for me. It doesn't hurt the watch at all to my knowledge.
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Old 27 June 2012, 03:35 AM   #16
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but is there any reason to think a winder could damage the watch? cause a need for servicing more often?
No.. Although you could probably go longer between servicing without a winder if the watch is used as little as you say..

Some cases it makes sense to use a winder.. In your case, you use the watch so little that a winder, just to keep it running all the time, doesn't make a lot of sense...
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Old 27 June 2012, 07:17 AM   #17
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Watch winders for me as well. Here's a quick video of my Orbita Siena winders.

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Old 27 June 2012, 07:37 AM   #18
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No for me and I have large rotation including annual calendars and moon phase watches. Takes me a minute to reset and wind and all good! No need for me to let run while not wearing. To each his own though and as stated above tons of posts on this topic.
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Old 27 June 2012, 10:22 AM   #19
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No. I took all my watches off winders and now let them snooze between wearing occasions. It takes a minute to rewind and reset and it's fun to do.
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Old 27 June 2012, 10:30 AM   #20
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No. I took all my watches off winders and now let them snooze between wearing occasions. It takes a minute to rewind and reset and it's fun to do.
X2. I used to have them, no need really.
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Old 27 June 2012, 10:41 AM   #21
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Winder for me -

Just make sure your movement winds to either clockwise, counterclockwise, or unidirectional - winding some movements the wrong way can damage them -
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Old 27 June 2012, 10:49 AM   #22
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No winder for me either!!

A big part of the fun and appreciation of owning a fine automatic timepiece, is winding it up and giving it life....
It takes all of a minute to do!!
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Old 27 June 2012, 11:05 AM   #23
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Sometimes I use a winder when rotating several watches in the same week. No issues.
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As has been said, this topic has been discussed innumerable times and it always comes out about 50-50. There is no right or wrong answer.

I am the diametric opposite of Peter. I have 10 automatics and always keep 9 of them on winders when not on my wrist. All my watches have at least a date complication. When I want to wear one of them, I don't want to go to the trouble of resetting the time and date (except after short months). My most complicated watch is my Breitling Navitimer Olympus, which has a semi-perpetual calendar (only needs resetting once every 4 years) and moon phase. It takes forever to reset it after it's been stopped. So I try not to let it stop.

Here's one of my two Brookstone quad winders. They are very quiet and so far they work flawlessly.



I also have a single winder that I bought in London years ago. I had to take the first one back because it stopped running. They replaced it at no charge, even after a year.

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Old 27 June 2012, 11:20 AM   #25
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I use to use one but now I only use it for my watch with complications (day, date, month, calendar, moonphase).
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Old 27 June 2012, 12:28 PM   #26
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As has been said, this topic has been discussed innumerable times and it always comes out about 50-50. There is no right or wrong answer.

I am the diametric opposite of Peter. I have 10 automatics and always keep 9 of them on winders when not on my wrist. All my watches have at least a date complication. When I want to wear one of them, I don't want to go to the trouble of resetting the time and date (except after short months). My most complicated watch is my Breitling Navitimer Olympus, which has a semi-perpetual calendar (only needs resetting once every 4 years) and moon phase. It takes forever to reset it after it's been stopped. So I try not to let it stop.

Here's one of my two Brookstone quad winders. They are very quiet and so far they work flawlessly.



I also have a single winder that I bought in London years ago. I had to take the first one back because it stopped running. They replaced it at no charge, even after a year.

I also use the Quad Brookstone winders for me it fits the bill.
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Old 27 June 2012, 01:43 PM   #27
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I have to agree with the 50/50 comment. I would just get a nice case to store it in!
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Old 27 June 2012, 04:00 PM   #28
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As someone who has a couple of winders, given your circumstances I would say no winder. A winder adds a couple of hundred investment (low end) and from my experience all low to mid end winders are apt to kick the bucket in shorter order than the service period. If you get a battery winder it's even worse, because now you're buying more frikking batteries--- hate batteries. Plus, for your amount of wear, it's just easier to set it. Setting it will get super quick once you're used to it.
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